Omnium Gatherum’s ‘New World Shadows’ Cracks Finnish Top 5

“New World Shadows”, the fifth album from Finnish melodic death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM, entered the official chart in the band’s home country at position No. 5. This marks the highest chart entry in the group’s history, having previously landed at No. 24 with 2008’s “The Redshift” and No. 31 with 2007’s “Stuck Here On Snakes Way”.

“New World Shadows” was released in Europe earlier this month via Lifeforce Records and will be made available in North America on March 1. The CD was recorded at Astia Studio 2 in Lappeenranta and OmG Studio in Karhula, Finland with Teemu Aalto, and was mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio in Örebro, Sweden by Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, HAIL OF BULLETS, NOVEMBERS DOOM). Swanö also contributed clean vocals to two songs while Niilo Sevänen fromINSOMNIUM added “a few guest growls.”

Commented Markus Vanhala, “Here it is, the OMNIUM GATHERUM musical evolution and career of 15 years in metal and this album surely is finally the musical diamond what we were starting to chase once we started this band. Finally every piece of the puzzle are here and the notes on the right places! This is northern death metal without limitations, really melodic and intelligent but still aggressive while quoting lines from prog to even AOR and no less than having also my teenage idol sir Dan Swanö himself singing some stuff here. Like we say it — this is adult-oriented death metal in its most epic, melodic and purest form!”

“Soul Journeys”, the new Jussi Rautaniemi-directed video from OMNIUM GATHERUM, can be viewed below.